Looking for help with GPUs for Octane rendering with Cinema4d

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Chrisfranklin6002

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Hi guys,

Question for all you renderers out there that use Octane or something similar for GPU rendering with Cinema4d, as I do.

I have an MSI GTX 1060 6gb currently, which is fine for basic rendering, but still slow as hell if I want to render a scene with a lot of transparent materials etc.

I read that having one GPU for the display port/monitor and one purely for rendering is better - but obviously the 1060 doesn't have SLI.

I don't game, and when I rarely do, the 1060 6GB is fine.

Could anyone recommend an extra GPU to help speed up my Octane renders, that won't break the bank, I think my return date has passed with Amazon, so swapping it for something with more Cuda cores is unfortunately not an option.

I've been thinking of just getting another GTX 1060, only the 3gb version, which will double the Cuda cores - most games won't take advantage of the setup but Octane uses cards not in SLI.

I have also been considering getting a 970, or 980, as they are such good value second hand but I'm not sure how well they are being supported with current drivers etc?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Chris
 
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I actually ended up buying another 1060, a 3gb version, and the render speeds have pretty much doubled in most of the tests I've done - I've got three PCI slots, although the bottom one is pretty pointless as it's just above my PSU and I wouldn't be able to fit a card there - I'm still not 100% whether to send the 1060 back and go for a second hand 980, which has more cuda cores, then I've kinda got the best of both worlds...
I saw a thing basically saying if the 1060 had sli compatibility, it would be as good as a 1080, that's why they've taken the ability away.
Thanks ms for getting back to me, apologies for the late response ✌️
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dontlistentome

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The Octane faq says says you could use cards from different generations, like a 1060 and 970. You would however need to have a pci-ex slot on your motherboard for every card. It doesn't say if the slots need to be x16, x8, or less. I imagine x4 or more should be okay. It's not for gaming after all. You'd need to have the power supply for these cards as well.

One other thing I noticed, they have a benchmark tool you can use, except it doesn't work with Pascal based cards right now. I wonder if that means rendering isn't optimized for Pascal cards either. That could be why it's slow on your 1060.
 
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Chrisfranklin6002

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I actually ended up buying another 1060, a 3gb version, and the render speeds have pretty much doubled in most of the tests I've done - I've got three PCI slots, although the bottom one is pretty pointless as it's just above my PSU and I wouldn't be able to fit a card there - I'm still not 100% whether to send the 1060 back and go for a second hand 980, which has more cuda cores, then I've kinda got the best of both worlds...
I saw a thing basically saying if the 1060 had sli compatibility, it would be as good as a 1080, that's why they've taken the ability away.
Thanks ms for getting back to me, apologies for the late response ✌️
 
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